Chapter 398: A Counterattack
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At dawn, the gate of Jingcheng Pass was wide open, and Meng Da went out of the city, looking at the camp outside the city, but he only brought three or five followers with him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
At this time, the gate of the camp was also wide open, and Fang Shao, under the protection of hundreds of soldiers and generals, also came out of the camp to meet Meng Da.
Before leaving the camp, he saw Meng Da's figure, and several horses galloped over, and in a blink of an eye, he was close to the front.
Seeing Fang Shao, Meng Da hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, rushed forward in a few steps, and bowed his hand: "Da has seen Fang Da Sima." ”
At this time, Fang Shao also got off the horse early to greet him, and was busy helping Meng Da, who was bent over, and said with a smile: "Zidu, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you still have the same demeanor." ”
Fang Shao's kind attitude made Meng Da's heart feel more at ease, and he also smiled: "Fang Sima made fun of it, these years are aging very quickly, where is there any style." ”
The two of them chattered a boring homely conversation, as if they were two friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time, and as for the previous incident of the open gun and the secret gun, it was as if it had never happened.
Fang Shao and Meng Da entered the pass together, while Wei Yan and other generals led their troops into the city, and each took over the defense of Jingcheng Pass as planned. Obviously, Meng Da is sincere in cooperation, and there were no surprises in the process of taking over.
In the Guancheng meeting hall, the sitting was finished, and Fang Shaocai gradually turned the nonsense topic all the way to the right path.
"Zidu, my communication with Jinyang has been cut off for a long time, do you know what the situation is there now?"
Although there is a Jingcheng Pass that wants to be separated, but there are still many mountain trails to walk in the connection between the west and east of the city, Fang Shao said that the communication is obviously false.
Knowing this, Meng Da didn't dare to hide it a little, and hurriedly said: "Ma Youchang has already occupied Yanmen, and it is difficult for the soldiers and horses in Youzhou to go south. As for Jinyang, the soldiers and horses in the hands of those two people are only 4,000, and they can't set off any storms at all, as long as Da Sima's army arrives, the turmoil can be calmed down. ”
Although there was still a trail to communicate, Fang Shao had not yet received the message from Ma Jian at this time, and it was not until he heard Meng Da's own words that Fang Shao understood why Meng Da obediently chose to cooperate.
'This Ma Youchang, really lived up to my trust, and actually came up with such an impromptu strategy, hehe, I think that Wu Yi and Huang Quan are already a bitter face at the moment. ’
Fang Shao secretly praised Ma Jian in his heart, and his face showed a slight smugness.
Wang Ping next to him said: "Since this is the case, Da Sima, then we might as well send troops to Jinyang at this time, and we can get out of the crisis as soon as we arrive at the country as soon as possible." ”
Without waiting for Fang Shao to speak, Meng Da said angrily: "Why do you need to be tired of Sima in this matter, please ask Da Sima Lingda to lead an army to Jinyang, it is expected that the two of them will be broken, and they will be tied up immediately." ”
Meng Da's reluctance to ask for battle really surprised Fang Shao.
If it can be said that Mengda's Kaesong cooperation was forced by the situation and forced to be helpless, then now that he took the initiative to ask for war and openly turned his face with the old party, it was completely out of willingness, and his position changed so quickly, how could it not be surprising.
However, Fang Shao immediately guessed Meng Da's intentions.
Since the switch fell to the side of the Jingzhou faction was forced to be helpless, it would not be a merit, but if he personally led the army to Jinyang and rescued the Son of Heaven from the hands of Huang and Wu, it would be a great achievement, so that not only did he wipe out the relationship between Huang and Wu with practical actions, but also earned a few powerful political chips for himself in the new political pattern in the future.
Kill two birds with one stone, Mengda, Meng, you are really calculating.
Thinking of this, Fang Shao smiled secretly in his heart, but said very happily: "Great, since Zidu is out of the horse, why worry about the big thing, then I will allocate 5,000 elite soldiers to Zidu, and you will immediately set off to Jinyang to rescue the driver." ”
Meng Da was overjoyed, and immediately said that he would never live up to Fang Shaozhi's trust, so he hurried away to prepare to send troops.
After Meng Da left, Jiang Wei hurriedly said: "Da Sima, this person's submission is not the original intention, if he is ordered to lead the troops away and join the Jinyang gang, I am afraid that there will be changes." ”
Fang Shao said confidently: "If Meng Da has two hearts, he will not let us go through the Jingcheng Pass, he invited the army to go, just to make meritorious contributions." If Huang Wu and the others saw Meng Da's counterattack, they would be terrified, and most of them would be arrested, so they would not have to worry about hurting His Majesty's safety with force, so why should I not do it, let him go. ”
Only then did everyone realize Fang Shao's thoughtfulness, and they were all impressed.
Even so, Fang Shao couldn't ignore Jiang Wei's reminder, so he said: "Boyo's concerns are also reasonable, so let's go to Jinyang with Meng Da, nominally as Meng Da's deputy general, but secretly keep a good watch on him, if he dares to have any different intentions, he will not do anything, and he will not stop-"
Fang Shao put his hands across his neck and made a head-killing motion.
Jiang Wei immediately understood: "I understand, don't worry, Da Sima, I will be optimistic about Meng Da." ”
On the same day, at the same time that Fang Shao's more than 100,000 troops entered Jingcheng Pass, Meng Da and Jiang Wei led 5,000 elite soldiers to rush to Jinyang in the starry night.
………… Jinyang City.
"Gong Heng, in recent days, Your Majesty's time of being awake has been getting longer and longer, and the time of confusion has been getting shorter and shorter, I am afraid that there are signs of a complete recovery of sanity, which is very unfavorable to us." Wu Yi said anxiously.
"At this point, even if Your Majesty recovers completely, what I'm really worried about is not here." Huang Quan said coldly, turning his gaze to the north of the map, "What I'm worried about is this Ma Yan, I didn't expect this guy to be so cunning, he didn't dare to attack the inner city, but he grabbed Yanmen Pass first, so that Ma Mengqi's army would not be able to go south, this is what I am most worried about." ”
Huang Quan's concerns, Wu Yi didn't know, so he had to sigh: "Now I can only hope that Meng Zidu in Jingcheng Pass can block Fang Shao's army a little more, and I also hope that Meng Qi can break through Yanmen first, as long as he can rush to Jinyang first, then the initiative is still in my ......."
Before Wu Yi finished speaking, his own soldiers suddenly rushed over and reported anxiously: "Qiqi two generals, General Meng's soldiers and horses have arrived, and they are calling the door outside the inner city." ”
The two of them were taken aback, and Huang Quan said in surprise: "Zidu is not holding on to Jingcheng, how could he suddenly come to Jinyang, could it be that Jingcheng Pass has already been captured?" ”
Wu Yi was also surprised: "It's impossible, Jingcheng Pass is extremely dangerous, and Zidu knows a lot about the art of war, how can it be broken so quickly." ”
Huang Quan was full of confusion, so he had to say: "No matter what, let's go and see it first." ”
The two rushed to the south gate of the inner city with full of surprise, and took a look at the city, but saw Meng Da and his thousands of soldiers and horses showing off their might, and the generals on the left and right were Jiang Wei and the other was Ma Tan.
Seeing this, the two suddenly realized, their expressions changed greatly, and the whole person stiffened into ice.
"Could it be that Zidu is actually ...... actually fell to Fang Shao? After a while, Huang Quan shouted with difficulty.
"Impossible, how is this possible, how can Zidu ......" Wu Yi's head shook like a rattle, and his face was full of shock and confusion.
The shock of the two of them was unbelievable and expected, after all, Fa Zheng, Zhang Song, and Meng Da, these three people were the three leading groups of the Guanlong Group back then, after Fa Zheng's death, although Ma Chao's official position was the highest, but in fact, Meng Da's appeal and reputation in the Guanlong Group were even higher than Ma Chao.
But how can it be believed that such a person has unbelievably fallen to their opponent in an incident that is related to the future of the entire group.
Of course, Meng Da's trade-offs and considerations, Wu and Huang could not have imagined in any way.
After seeing the two of them go to the city, Meng Da rode to the front of the city and said in a loud voice: "Where are Gongheng and Ziyuan?" ”
Huang Quan's face was full of anger, and he shouted to the city: "Mencius, why are you like this? ”
Meng Da sighed, and said: "Gong Heng, I Meng Da is a person, you don't know, it has always been a clear distinction between public and private, now that the country is in trouble, everyone should work together to tide over the difficulties, who at this time does not care about the overall situation, only greedy for small profits, I Meng Da is the first to agree." ”
In front of all the soldiers inside and outside the city, Meng Da generously said these righteous and awe-inspiring words, as if he was a model of loyalty to the country.
The two people in the city gritted their teeth when they heard this, and Meng Da continued: "Now Fang Da Sima's 100,000 soldiers and horses have passed through Jingcheng and are on their way to Jinyang. As for Meng Qi's soldiers and horses, although they are also rushing to save the danger of Hedong, most of them are delayed in Yanmen at this moment, and they are afraid that they will not be able to come for a while, the general trend has been decided, why bother to do that meaningless move again. ”
'Shameless man, if I don't kill you, I can't get rid of the hatred in my heart!' Huang Quan was furious from the heart, and even ordered the crossbowmen to shoot Meng Da to death.
Seeing this, Wu Yi hurriedly stopped Huang Quan, and said in a deep voice: "Gong Heng, things have come to this point, if we kill Meng Da, it will be equivalent to cutting off all retreats, and our end will only be to destroy the family!" ”
Huang Quan's expression froze, and his anger couldn't help but sink.
Meng Da under the city then shouted: "Gongheng, Zidu, I know that your actions are also out of the heart of the country, but there is no consideration, and this is also very clear to Fang Da Sima. Fang Sima said that as long as everyone can treat each other with sincerity and selfishness, then everyone is still friends in the same court, and all mistakes can be blamed in the past. ”
Although what Huang and Wu did was really infuriating, Fang Shao also knew that at such a special juncture, for the sake of the overall situation, it was necessary to make some necessary concessions, if they had to be wiped out, it would only plunge the country into civil strife and endlessly, in this way, the civil strife in Wei before Cao Ying's awakening was the best mirror.
It's a guarantee, and it's a last-ditch.
The two men in the city knew very well that things had come to this point, and the general trend was gone.
If you choose to hold on to the end, it will be the disaster of raiding your family and exterminating your family, and if you choose to be restrained, you may be able to be preserved.
The two groaned for a long time, and when they looked at each other, they both shook their heads and sighed.
(To be continued)